Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Funny Ha-Ha: 1-4-5 Show featuring local comics Neil McGarry, Mike Eisworth, Carolyn Busa, and Katie Kohler at Joe Coffee Bar (1100 Walnut), 7PM. $5 Many Projects: Reception featuring exhibits "Bloom," "Politics as Usual?," dance video by Tania Isaac, and "Bean Scene" (celebration of community gardens) at Projects Gallery (629 N 2nd), 6-9PM. Free Another One?: Screening of Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story at Scribe Video Center......

StrataSphere is an art exhibition space at Germantown Avenue and Berks Street in the Olde Kensington section of Philadelphia. It is a space dedicated to promoting the work of emerging and mid-career artists through themed group exhibitions. Tomorrow, September 27, from 3-5 pm they will be having a closing reception, free and open to the public for their On Loss and Memory exhibition, curated by Aurora Deshauteurs. Join the curator and artists Hannah Dumes, P.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Wide Open: Opening reception for Art@ International House featuring Project ME9 by Stephen Scott Smith and work from MamaCita at the I-House (3701 Chestnut), 6PM. Free Also Open: Open House with light nosh and exhibits at Philadelphia Center for Architecture (1218 Arch), 5:30PM. Free Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo on at 12 Steps Down (831 Christian), 9PM; The Black Sheep (247 S. 17th), 8PM; Dirty Frank’s (13th and......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY ROFLMAO: The Don and Julie Show! with Juliette Pryor, Phillyist’s own Don Montrey, and pianist Alex Bechtel at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 8PM. $10 (also on Saturday) Bike Art: 6th annual Bike Part Art Show, with proceeds benefiting youth programs at Neighborhood Bike Works, at Studio 34 (4522 Baltimore Ave), 6PM. Free SATURDAY Funny Ha-Ha: Improv and Sketch Comedy from Rare Bird Show and Meg &......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY The Shoebox Tour: Michael Karas and Tempei Arakawa explore the limits of juggling (and what can be juggled) at Greg Kennedy Studio (6122 Greene), 7:30 & 9PM. $10 SATURDAY Doggie!: Carnivale of the Dogs at Rittenhouse Square (18th and Walnut), 10AM. Free Empty Orchestra: Opening reception for "Empty Orchestra: Art Meets Karaoke" at Yo! Darkroom (113 N 23rd), 8PM. Free Grand Prix: Sprint Motorola UYRS Grand Prix......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Art and Wine: Art exhibit by the residents of Park Pleasant Nursing Home and free wine and cheese at Abbracio (820 S 47th), 5-7PM. Free Knitty: Knitting circle at Vagabond (37 N 3rd), 6-8PM. Free Phishy: Strange Design and Long Walk Home at the Khyber (56 S 2nd), 8PM. $8 Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo on at 12 Steps Down (831 Christian), 9PM; The Black Sheep (247 S.......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Screenings Under the Stars: Get ready for Dark Knight with a screening of Batman Begins at the Great Plaza on Penn’s Landing (Chestnut and Columbus Blvd), 6:30PM (movie at dusk). Free Laughter on the Banks Schedule: See the classic Annie Hall in the great outdoors on the Schuylkill Banks (25th and Walnut), 8PM Find Out Why You Can Watch Movies on the Banks: Screening of Free the River......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Horrific: Screening of cult horror classic The Baby at the Institute for Contemporary Art (118 S 36th), 7:30PM. $6 Rad: Open hours at the Radical Media Library (in anticipation of their full-time opening later this year) at LAVA Space (4134 Lancaster), 4-9PM. Free Phobic: Phobia, Magrudergrind, Alternative Tentacles, and Dissystema at Millcreek Tavern (4200 Chester Ave), 9PM. $8 Quizzo Mania: Get your Quizzo on at 12 Steps Down......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Jazzy: The Summer Heritage Jazz Series kicks off with Glen Bryan at Malcolm X Park (52nd and Pine), 7PM. Free Temptation: Drexel’s lit magazine Painted Bride Quarterly celebrates the release of its Temptation issue in the Sanctuary at the First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut), 7PM. $10 Drexel Again: Catalyst, a dance showcase featuring seven student choreographers and others at the Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut), 8PM. $8 Eggs!:......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: Free: Reception for artist Duane Michals’ exhibition “The Facts of Life,” a collection of politically driven works relating and exploring issues faced by the gay community, at the Merriam Theater (250 S Broad), 5PM. Free Also Free: Old City Coffee (221 Church) presents Guatemala Night, featuring Guatemalan coffee sampling and Central American food, 6PM. Free All Free, All the Time: The XPN Local, Volume 2 CD Release Party......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: The Place to Be: Roger Mudd discusses the CBS news bureau in the good old days at the Central Branch of the Free Library (1901 Vine), Noon. Free St. George Day: Celebrate the patron saint of England in good fashion at the Grey Lodge Pub (6235 Frankford), all day. Pay as you go Anniversary: Celebrate one year of performances inspired by exhibitions at NEXUS (1400 N American) with......

Fun around town, for $10 or less: FRIDAY Center City District Gallery Night: Special exhibitions and complimentary cocktail receptions at participating galleries, 5-8:30PM. Free Not a Crock, Nor a Croc: Local poet Peter Krok reads and signs copies of his new collection Looking for an Eye at the Grey Lodge Pub (6235 Frankford), 6-8PM. Free The Terror!: Welcome to the Terrordome, a night of local comedy featuring Animosity Pierre, Meg and Rob, and Secret Pants......

Don’t know about you, but when we think about driving in the city we start to get slight palpitations. Part of it could be that we’re used to walking and Septa; the thought of paying exorbitant amounts to park in UCity on a Friday night convinces us that the El isn’t so bad after all. Plus, there’s storage: when we were living on the outskirts of Center City a parking spot would have cost 2/3......